With only a few beach weekends left this summer in the Northern Hemisphere, have you remembered to keep up with news beyond our shores? Find out with FP’s quiz!
1. Who won the most votes in the first round of Bolivia’s presidential election on Sunday?
No matter the result of the October runoff election between Paz and Quiroga, Bolivia’s two decades of left-wing rule have ended, FP’s Catherine Osborn reports in Latin America Brief.
2. Which of the following European leaders did not accompany Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to his White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday?
Despite Trump’s confidence, little was actually achieved during his various meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Zelensky, and European leaders, Ivo H. Daalder argues.
3. Rwandan-backed M23 rebels did not attend scheduled peace talks with the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Monday, giving as their reason the accusation that the Congolese government was doing what?
A Qatari-facilitated cease-fire and U.S.-brokered peace agreement have so far failed to quell the fighting in eastern Congo, FP’s Nosmot Gbadamosi writes in Africa Brief.
4. Hamas accepted a Gaza cease-fire proposal on Monday. For how many days would the cease-fire last?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to accept the cease-fire proposal if he believes that he can continue getting what he wants in Gaza without it, Dion Nissenbaum argued last week.
5. On Tuesday, how many wars did Trump claim to have “solved”?
FP’s Rishi Iyengar and John Haltiwanger dive into the details of Trump’s assertion in this week’s Situation Report.
6. Which region did Chinese President Xi Jinping visit on Wednesday for just the second time while in office?
The trip comes a month after the Dalai Lama announced his spiritual succession plan, challenging Beijing to defy his reincarnation process, Kelsang Aukatsang argued in July.
7. Guatemala on Wednesday issued temporary humanitarian status to 161 people from which Latin American country?
The 161 Mexicans included 39 families and 69 children whom Guatemala said were fleeing organized crime and cartel violence, FP’s Christina Lu reports in World Brief.
8. Sri Lankan authorities arrested former President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday due to allegations that he did what?
Meanwhile, Sri Lankans have been emigrating in greater numbers than ever to find work in the Middle East, Dimuthu Attanayake reported in April.
9. What structure was hoisted onto beams in Kiruna, Sweden, on Tuesday and carted to a different part of town?
The church’s trek was the latest move in a multidecade-long operation to relocate the entire Arctic town and its population, The Associated Press reports.
10. In which country were this year’s Air Guitar World Championships held, beginning on Wednesday?
Competitors from 13 countries faced off in the annual event, which began in 1996, the championship’s website said.
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